Six years after the greyhound racing Ground Zero when the live-baiting scandal threatened to wipe out the sport, it has bounced back in promising fashion with positive welfare progress combined with booming wagering turnover. It was February 16, 2015, a day now etched in infamy, when ABC’s Four Corners aired shocking footage of live piglets, possums and rabbits being used […]

Bookmakers hope racing can again demonstrate its flexibility by pushing back the date of the Grand National to ensure betting-shop punters are able to enjoy the annual “celebration”. Coronavirus put paid to the 2020 National – along with so many other major sporting events – and after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement on Monday, this year it is set to […]

Hollie Doyle says she would like to return to the International Jockeys’ Challenge in Saudi Arabia in future years and believes most jockeys would find it hard to turn down the lure of such a “prestigious” event. Britain’s record-breaking female jockey produced Willie Mullins’ True Self to beat long-time leader Channel Maker and take the £437,956 first prize in the […]

Verry Elleegant, arguably the nation’s best racehorse, has been allocated topweight for the $3 million Doncaster Mile and $2 million Sydney Cup for The Championships at Royal Randwick in April. Racing NSW’s handicapping panel released weights for the two feature autumn carnival handicaps with Verry Elleegant given 58kg for both races. But it is unlikely Verry Ellegant will tackle either […]

The Galaxy contender Wild Ruler didn’t put a foot wrong in his latest barrier trial win at Canterbury on Tuesday as Snowden Racing prepare to unleash their gun colt for the first time in 2021 next week. The son of Snitzel will line up in either the Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) or Listed Fireball Stakes (1100m) at Randwick as […]

Multiple Group 1 winning trainer Rob Heathcote will engage a high-powered legal firm to launch an appeal after being found guilty of a misconduct charge which he insists arose out of a private post-race conversation with a jockey. Heathcote does not deny saying “f… you’ to Mark Du Plessis in a heated debrief at Eagle Farm when the trainer claimed […]

Trainer Will Clarken will weigh up his options in Sydney and Melbourne with stable gun Bella Vella after the Group 1 winner impressed when going toe-to-toe with Haut Brion Her at Canterbury trials on Tuesday. Bella Vella was edged out by a nose by Chris Waller’s The Galaxy favourite in a 905m heat with the duo putting 3-3/4 lengths on […]

Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Tuesday, February 22 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Tuesday’s meetings at Taunton, Wetherby and Newcastle.  Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Tuesday’s meetings ROBIN GOODFELLOW 12.30 Zero To Hero 1.00 Global Harmony 1.30 The Widdow Maker 2.00 Avoir De Soins 2.30 Masters Legacy 3.05 […]